#E8D362#E8D362

#E8D362 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.135 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D362
RGB	rgb(232, 211, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.29, -6.30, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.29, 57.83, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.0209 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.135 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.7798, 64.6286, 20.9313)
Luminance	0.6463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D362 #6277E8

analogous

#E89062 #E8D362 #BAE862

triadic

#E8D362 #62E8D3 #D362E8

tetradic

#E8D362 #62E890 #6277E8 #E862BA

square

#E8D362 #62E890 #6277E8 #E862BA

split-complementary

#E8D362 #62BAE8 #9062E8

monochromatic

#B59D1B #E0C42D #E8D362 #F0E297 #F8F1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E8D362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#E8D362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D362

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D362	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 211, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.135 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e092',
    500: '#e8d362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d362;
$custom-light: #f2e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86244,
    "c": 0.13486,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D362

secondary

#394CB5

accent

#2ED70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D362

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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